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TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1886
Comprising three oban tate-e print diptychs:
each from the series Shinsen azuma nishiki-e
(New Selection of Eastern Brocade Prints),
titled Sano Jirozaemon no setsu (The Story
of Sano Jirozaemon), depicted murdering the
courtesan Yatsuhashi, Osame yujo no gaku
no zu (Osame Learning to be a Courtesan)
[sheets joined], and Koshida goten shuen
no zu (Banquet at the Koshida Palace), all
dated Meiji 19 (1886), publisher Tsunashima
Kamekichi; all signed Yoshitoshi and sealed
Taisho [5]
13 3/4 x 19 1/8in (39 x 48.7cm) sheets joined
14 5/8 x 9 5/8-9 7/8in (37.2 x 24.5-25.3cm)
each sheet
14 1/8 x 9 3/8-9 7/8in (35.8 x 23.8-25.3cm)
each sheet
US$600 - 800
6085
TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)
Meiji era (1868-1912), dated April 1889
An oban tate-e woodblock print triptych of
koi swimming beneath wisteria blossoms and
branches, published by Akiyama Buemon;
signed Yoshitoshi ga, sealed Yoshitoshi
14 3/4 x 10-10 1/8in (37.5 x
25.8/25.8/25.5cm)
US$400 - 600
See Eric van den Ing, Beauty and Violence, 6085
Japanese Prints by Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892,
Bergeyk, Netherlands, Society for Japanese
Arts, 1992, no. 66, p. 144 for another
impression plus the original drawing by
Yoshitoshi in the collection of the British
Museum.
6086
TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1889-91
Three oban tate-e prints from the series
Shinkei sanjurokkaisen (New Forms of 36
Strange Things): Sagi musume (Heron Maiden)
[#2], published 1889.4.10; Shoki muchu ni
oni o toraeru no zu (Shoki Captures a Demon
in a Dream) [#13], published 1890.4.12; and
Daimotsu no ura ni rei Taira no Tomomori kaijo
ni shutsugen no zu (The Ghost of Taira no
Tomomori Appears at Daimotsu Bay) [#28],
published 1891; publisher Sasaki Toyokichi; all
signed Yoshitoshi, sealed Taiso
14 x 9 1/2in (35.4 x 24.1cm)
14 1/4 x 9 3/4in (36 x 24.8cm)
14 5/8 x 9 7/8in (37.1 x 25.3cm)
US$800 - 1,000
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